Basketball Sneakers

Basketball, one of the world’s most popular sports, is a significant driver in the footwear industry. Every major brand has a dedicated basketball imprint under their umbrella. Additionally, Nike, Jordan, adidas, New Balance, Under Armour, ANTA and Li-Ning all boast signature athletes that currently star in the NBA, bringing on-court, All-Star endorsements to their performance product.

Every year, a host of new signature shoes are unveiled, brands also minting non-signature offerings on a consistent basis. Some of the notable current signature basketball sneakers are:

Nike Book 1
Nike Ja 1
Nike LeBron 21
Nike KD 17
Nike Sabrina 2
Nike GT Cut 3

adidas AE1
adidas Harden 8
adidas Trae Young 3

ANTA KAI 1

New Balance Kawhi 4
New Balance Fresh Foam BB v2

Jordan Luka 3
Jordan Tatum 3
Jordan Zion 3

Basketball Sneakers

Nike Air Max Tempo – Spring 2012 Releases

Many will point to the 1990’s as the greatest decade of Nike Basketball, but some will even narrow down that span to the mid-90’s, when...

By John Kim December 28, 2011
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Nike Retro Basketball ‘Volt’ Pack

This past Tuesday was the biggest one for the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 during the entire time Sneaker News has been online.  This modern...

By Aaron Hope December 8, 2011
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Nike USAB Pack – Fall 2012

While basketball fans were suffering with the spectre of an NBA season lost to another lockout, we all kept our collective heads up with the...

By Aaron Hope December 6, 2011
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Celebrity Feet: Joe Budden – Nike Air Foamposite One – Varsity Red

From one brand new Nike Air Foamposite One colorway to another, here’s a post that includes three of the most outstanding looks to ever release...

By Aaron Hope December 5, 2011
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Nike Air Foamposite One ‘Electrolime’ – New Images

Some of the most recent contributions to Sneaker News on the Foamposite front have been custom designs in a variety of applications, but here’s one...

By Aaron Hope December 5, 2011
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Nike Zoom Flight ’98 ‘The Glove’ – Returning October 2012

Exemplifying Gary Payton’s bravado and lock-down defense on the court, Nike Basketball created ‘The Glove’, aka the Nike Zoom Flight ’98. Undoubtedly one of the...

By John Kim November 29, 2011
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Foot Locker ‘Kicksmas’ – Black Friday ‘Black Pack’

It is with good reason that the period between mid-November and the end of each calendar year is commonly called the ‘holiday season’.  So many...

By Aaron Hope November 22, 2011
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Nike Total Air Foamposite Max ‘Blackout’ – Arriving at Retailers

Over the past few years, we’ve come to expect some all-black-everythings from Nike Sportswear on the day after Thanksgiving, and this year will see the...

By Aaron Hope November 21, 2011
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2012 Nike Air Foamposite & Jordan Releases – Sneak Geekz Preview

His YouTube subscribers probably noticed that it’s been over two months since notable sneaker unboxer SneakGeekz has popped up with a new video, but if...

By Aaron Hope November 21, 2011
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